Running can seem like the most uninspiring activity at the best of times. Motivation is the key to starting out, but when it’s cold and dark outside, or if you’ve just spent a long day slogging it out at the office, putting on your trainers and shorts and dragging yourself around the block in front [...]

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Running musings.
When is a runner a Runner? How fit and apt and able do we need to be to bestow the almighty title upon ourselves?
I call myself a Runner because I run a few times a week regularly. I call myself a Snowboarder because I go snowboarding most winters. But I don’t call myself a [...]

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The beginning.
Yes, that’s right. I am going to be running the Blackmores Half Marathon on September 20, and I thought it would be fun to keep a diary of my training exploits - the pain, the injury and the frustration. Oh, and the enjoyment and fun of course - I’m hoping that there will be [...]

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Entries are now open for the annual Blackmores Sydney Running Festival which will take place on Sunday 20 September 2009.
There are options for a marathon, half-marathon, 9km bridge run or walk and 4.5km bridge run or walk.
It’s a fantastic way to get out there and raise some money for a worthy cause with some friends. Running [...]

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Running is a great workout and release of stress and tension. Running regularly will help to keep you trim and fit, and it’s so easy! I run 3-4 times a week, and this is some of the best advice that helps me to get going in the morning.

Don’t drink alcohol the night before. From my own [...]

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